Improvement in spool-holding devices



NrTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LOFVENDAHL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND N.P. LINDERGREEN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPOOL-HOLDING DEVICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,397, dated February11, 1862.

To all whom- Lt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LOEVENDAHL, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulimplement or device for holding balls or spools of yarn for theconvenience of persons while knitting; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figures l and 2 are perspective views of myinvention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention consists in attaching one or more hooks to a bracelet orWristband for the purpose of holding the balls or spools of yarn,

the bracelet or Wristband being placed on the arm of the personknitting, and the ball or spool suspended to the bracelet or wristbandby the hook or hooks, so that the yarn may freely unwind from the ballor spool during the process of knitting.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I willl proceed to describe it.

A represents a bracelet or Wristband, which may be constructed of metalor of an elastic material, like india-rubber goods, such, for instance,as Suspenders. ,TvVlien constructed in this Way, they are provided witha suitable clasp or catch a for the convenience of securing them on thewrist of the operator. When constructed of metal, they may be formed ofa solid ring of thin metal of such diameter as to admit of being freelyslipped upon the wrist over the hand.

B, Fig. l, represents what may be termed a double hook, which may beformed of a piece of wire bent at each end to form a hook b, and thendoubled to form an eye c, the latter being' tted in an eye cl,which isattached to the bracelet or Wristband. If only one ball of yarn is used,it is placed on one of the hooks b; but when two are used, of differentcolors, as is frequently the case, a ball is placed or suspended on eachhook b. By this arrangement the ball or balls are suspended from thewrist or arm of the operator, and the yarn allowed to freely unwindduring the process of knitting.

In case a spool of yarn is used instead of a ball, I construct a hook Cof a piece of Wire bent so as to form an eye e at its center, which istted in an eye f, attached to the bracelet or Wristband, said wire beingbent at its ends to form two journals or axes g g, which are inserted inthe ends of the spool, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

Each bracelet or Wristband may be furnished with the two dierent kindsof hooks B O, and either attached as may be required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, ist The construction of the bracelet orwristband A, and hooks B and C, either or both, to form a new and usefulimplement or device, for the purpose herein set forth.

W. A. RICHARDSON, THos. HUNTER.

